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by whatshisface 1434 days ago
Seeking to change a law by breaking it has worked before in American history, but only when the supreme court wants to change the law, and a carefully arranged test case is constructed to bring before them. Even then, test cases arranged by well-meaning groups have failed and instead strengthened the precedents they were expected to contribute to overturning.

Taking a copyright infringement case before one of the most textualist and conservative courts we have had in decades is not a good plan for people who want a right to whatever it is that the IA was doing read into the Constitution.